by Jordan, Skye
“No.” He met her gaze with a weighty, meaningful look. “I’m building our home here.”
Miranda’s mouth dropped open. Her lips moved, but no words came out.
Jack put up a hand. “Don’t say anything yet. Just see what I’ve done. I’ll change anything to make it exactly what you want.”
Her mind was still floating in a confused haze when he started explaining the design. A stunning architectural statement with the elegance of Jack’s designs using materials from Miranda’s obsession—storage containers. The design he’d created took full advantage of every view. The space wasn’t massive, but Miranda would definitely call it sprawling, with an open floorplan for comfortable living, room for guests, and space for lots of entertaining, indoors and out. Even the landscaping had been laid out, complete with decks on every side of the house and a pool.
Overwhelmed, Miranda put a hand to her forehead. “What is this?” She looked at him, and despite the internal warnings to keep her heart on lockdown, it escaped the cage and winged wildly through her chest. “Are you moving? Are you going to live here?”
“Yes. I’m moving.” Without breaking eye contact, he let the plans roll back into a tube. His expression sobered. “And I want us to live here.”
Miranda cut a look at the drawings, then around at the land, her mind whizzing in a dozen different directions. “We haven’t… But your work… Jack, you didn’t…”
She put her hands on either side of her head and closed her eyes, trying to still her mind. The feel of Jack’s hand on hers pulled her eyes open again.
He was on one knee. Her heart flew right into her throat and stuck there.
“You know how much I love you.” Jack pulled a box from his jacket pocket. A Tiffany blue box that even Miranda, who wore next to no jewelry, recognized.
“H-holy shit.” Her head went light.
“You know how miserable I am when I’m away from you.” He pulled the top off the box, then lifted out the velvet box inside.
Miranda’s chest squeezed so hard, she couldn’t breathe. She tented her hands over her mouth.
“Dad and I created a new arm of Pinnacle Construction for architectural services. And I’ve given my notice at work.”
He lifted the lid, and something inside sparkled. Miranda couldn’t see what because tears blurred her vision.
“Baby, there is nothing I want more than to share the rest of my life with you.”
“Oh my God.” The words were barely a whisper, and tears burned a path down her cheeks.
“Miranda, I don’t want to miss another minute with you. Will you marry me?”
One of her hands moved to her chest, where her heart rapped hard against her ribs. “I… I can’t breathe…”
“In through the nose, out through the mouth.” He reached up and curled his fingers around hers, giving her left hand a squeeze before pulling it toward him. “You’ve got this, baby.”
Miranda couldn’t take her eyes off his face and all the deep, unconditional love swimming in his eyes. She’d never felt so utterly complete. More than complete. Overflowing.
He pulled the ring from the box and slipped it on Miranda’s shaking finger. It felt like a band. A wide, heavy band with the sparkle of diamonds.
“Jack.” She pulled on his arm, and he stood. She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him. “Yes.” She kissed him again. “Yes, I want to marry you.”
She kissed him again, then leaned back to look into his eyes. “Nothing in my life has ever felt so right.”
Also by Skye Jordan
THE WRIGHT WAY SERIES:
SO WRIGHT
DAMN WRIGHT (Coming soon)
UNTITLED (Coming soon)
MANHUNTERS SERIES:
GRAVE SECRETS
NO REMORSE
DEADLY TRUTHS (Coming soon)
RENEGADES SERIES:
RECKLESS
REBEL
RICOCHET
RUMOR
RELENTLESS
RENDEZVOUS
RIPTIDE
RAPTURE
QUICK & DIRTY COLLECTION:
DIRTIEST LITTLE SECRET
WILDWOOD SERIES:
FORBIDDEN FLING
WILD KISSES
UNTITLED (Coming soon)
ROUGH RIDERS HOCKEY SERIES:
QUICK TRICK
HOT PUCK
DIRTY SCORE
WILD ZONE
COVERT AFFAIRS SERIES:
INTIMATE ENEMIES
FIRST TEMPTATION
SINFUL DECEPTION
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About the Author
Skye Jordan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than twenty-five novels. She was born and raised in California and has recently been transplanted to Northern Virginia.
She left her challenging career of sonography at UCSF Medical Center to devote herself to writing full time, but still travels overseas on medical missions to teach sonography to physicians. Most recently, she traveled to Ethiopia and Haiti.
Skye and her husband are coming up on their thirty year wedding anniversary and have two beautiful daughters. A lover of learning, Skye enjoys classes of all kinds, from knitting to forensic sculpting. She is an avid rower and spends many wonderful hours on the Potomac.
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